It sounds like a bad joke: America’s liberals have fallen for a Marx-referencing, Balzac-loving French intellectual who has proposed a worldwide tax on wealth. If Thomas Piketty (pronounced “Tome-AH PEEK-et-ee”) were not traveling around the United States on a triumphant book tour, you might think Rush Limbaugh had made the man up in one of his more blustery rants. Continue reading at 'Slate'
[ Slate | 2014-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV show also underscores the poet’s powerful intellect and wry sense of humor, which earlier portrayals too often ignored. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-31 14:15:59 UTC ]
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W&N has won a five-way auction for The Performance by Australian writer Claire Thomas, which it describes as "the equivalent of a brilliant night at the theatre". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 22:23:11 UTC ]
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Martyn Ford and C D Major have both signed with Thomas & Mercer, marking the Amazon imprint's first-ever deals with the Darley Anderson Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-06 22:07:35 UTC ]
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Corey Robin explains how race, capitalism and the Constitution guide the justice’s work. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-27 02:07:44 UTC ]
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Canbury Press has scooped a guide to liberalism by political journalist Ian Dunt, described as a "rallying cry for those who still believe in freedom and reason". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-25 23:28:19 UTC ]
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Annette Thomas, c.e.o. of the Web of Science Group at Clarivate Analytics, has left the company following a restructure which sees Mukhtar Ahmed, formerly president of its Life Sciences division, become president of a new Science Group, which spans both the Web of Science and Life... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-23 04:06:44 UTC ]
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Jean Edward Smith tells the story of the last days of German occupation during World War II. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-22 22:47:35 UTC ]
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Sarah Rose recounts the bravery and sacrifices of 39 British women in the lead-up to D-Day. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-09 15:34:06 UTC ]
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Amazon imprint Thomas & Mercer has signed a new crime series from Carol Wyer in a three-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-08 18:23:43 UTC ]
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Amazon imprint Thomas & Mercer has signed a new two-book deal with Kindle thriller bestseller Claire McGowan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-11 05:33:16 UTC ]
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For 40 years, the magazine was a guide to Britain’s pulsating underground and a champion of thrilling weirdos. Its closure leaves a chasm in the grassroots music sceneWhen much-loved magazines fold, tributes quickly gush about how they captured new trends or scenes. But some magazines, like... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-07-08 09:55:29 UTC ]
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At the Liber International Book Fair in Madrid in October, the Spanish publishers' federation will honor Altresmedia for 'Fariña' and for 'Crea Lectura.' The post Spain’s ‘Fariña’–’Cocaine Coast’ on Netflix–Wins 2019 Liber Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-06-27 05:30:52 UTC ]
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Ninety per cent of Canadians say they have fallen for fake news online, with many listing Facebook as the most common source of misleading reports, according to a new international public opinion poll. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2019-06-11 04:01:00 UTC ]
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A Thomas Harris fan has won a one-off gold edition of the author's latest thriller in a nationwide social media treasure hunt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-28 00:02:18 UTC ]
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The acclaimed debut novelist talks of his fellow-feeling for 'aspiring writers, who are writing from a place similar to where I began.' Gunaratne divides his time between London and Malmö. The post Guy Gunaratne Wins the 2019 Dylan Thomas Prize for ‘Mad and Furious City’ appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-17 03:10:10 UTC ]
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Actress Kristin Scott Thomas has joined Lily James and Armie Hammer in the cast of Netflix’s film of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon imprint Thomas & Mercer has snapped up a psychological suspense debut by author Daisy Pearce in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrator Thomas Taylor puts his storytelling skills to good use in a middle-grade seaside mystery. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the context of Brexit, the London Book Fair's Jacks Thomas is dedicated to the 'cross-cultural dialogue' of the industry: 'It's what books do.' The post London Book Fair’s Jacks Thomas: ‘The Context in Which We’re Operating’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown UK has acquired world rights for a fictionalised take on Second World War hero Nancy Wake, due to be turned into a movie by Anne Hathaway. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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